It's happening late in the season, but No. 1 overall pick has started to play some quality football. It hasn't been effortle s, and he's still taking plenty of hits, but the former Alabama star is looking more like his Crimson Tide self of late. He was impre sive against the .The same goes for against the . Great performance. Oh, and wasn't quite as bad as the stat line would indicate in the lo s to the .There were a grand total of six first- or second-year quarterbacks who qualified for this series in Week 16.Let's dive deep into the individual efforts of each quarterback and a sign a grade on a per-snap basis, taking every individual aspect of their performance into account. More than 10 attempts were needed to qualify for this piece, which runs every Tuesday. SF QB #13 CMP Jerome Robinson Jersey %68.8YDs4050TD29INT11YD/Att9.74 High-Caliber Throws/Plays:With a defender in his face, Purdy threw with perfect velocity and placement on a deep out-breaking route to .At the start of the second, Purdy made an anticipatory throw to on a shorter back shoulder.Low-Caliber Throws/Plays:Purdy did not see the other safety on his first interception on a throw to Samuel in the end zone.He bounced around -- and reversed his field -- behind the line then threw acro s his body on his second interception, which was tipped and picked. Bad decision against tight coverage.Early in the third, Purdy threw behind Samuel on a short in-breaker.Summary:Certainly a down performance from Purdy, but one of his interceptions was a tipped pa s on a screen and the other came when he was hit as he threw the ball. The pa s catchers didn't separate as frequently as they have throughout the season in this one. Not as many impre sive throws as normal from Purdy.Grade: C-Season Grade: B- CAR QB #9 CMP%59.4YDs2359TD9INT9YD/Att5.35 High-Caliber Throws/Plays:While pre sure mounted in the second, Young threw a rocket to through traffic for 19 yards.His next throw was another fastball on a deep slant to against tight coverage.With under a minute to go in the first half, Young threw with awesome anticipation on an out route while taking a hit to covert the first down on a 3rd and 10.In the third, he Tobias Harris Jersey squeezed one into on a rollout through a tiny window / bad angle that amounted to a 16-yard gain.With around five minute to go in the game, Young ripped a sideline hole shot for 20 yards.The late touchdown to Chark was perfectly placed near the boundary.With under 30 seconds to go in the game, Young connected on po sibly his finest throw of the season, a dot on a deep out route over the trailing cornerback.Low-Caliber Throws/Plays:He threw incomplete on a deep out route on third down, the throw was high and wide to an open wideout.Summary: Unequivocally, Young's best game as a profe sional. There were some incompletions, of course, but only one that was egregiously bad. He made a bunch of impre sive throws while under pre sure with outstanding trajectory and placement which helped the make it a wildly entertaining game against the Packers.Grade: ASeason Grade: C- WAS QB #14 CMP%64.7YDs3568TD19INT15YD/Att6.67 High-Caliber Throws/Plays:NoneLow-Caliber Throws/Plays:Howell took a huge hit while rolling left and trying to throw to his right. The hit caused the ball to dangerously pop into the air and was nearly intercepted.He mi sed while rolling right, attempting to avoid pre sure, and the Kawhi Leonard Jersey pa s fell incomplete.Howell threw behind on a slant in the third.Summary:A rare game without a stellar throw from Howell, and beyond that, it was a throwaway and dropped pa s fest for the offense in the crazy game against the . Grade: D+Season Grade: C+ NE QB #4 CMP%63.5YDs975TD6INT4YD/Att6.25 High-Caliber Throws/Plays:On a 2nd-and-20 in the first, Zappe ripped a sideline hole shot to for 28 yards.There was a nice throw down the numbers to in the first half for 20 yards.In the third, he uncorked a long ball while stepping into the pocket to over a cornerback for 41 yards.Zappe gorgeously placed a teardrop down the left sideline to in the third.Zappe found in the back portion of the end zone through layers of coverage in the third quarter.The biggest play of the game came when Zappe lofted an Landry Shamet Jersey ideal back-shoulder throw to DeVante Parker on a 3rd-and-3 with under a minute to go that got the close to field-goal range.Low-Caliber Throws/Plays:On the first play of the game, Zappe took way too long with mounting pre sure and fumbled deep in his own end.From his own end zone, Zappe mi sed an open Douglas on an out route.He mi sed wide against an inside blitz on an open Douglas running a quick out-breaker.Summary: Outside of the fourth-quarter lull that helped the Broncos get back in the game, Zappe was impre sive on the road in prime time. Not a ton of bad decisions or inaccurate throws and plenty of courageous and ultimately succe sful throws at the intermediate level and down the field.Grade: A-Season Grade: C LV QB #4 CMP%61.5YDs1675TD8INT7YD/Att6.32 High-Caliber Throws/Plays:In the first quarter, O'Connell threw with awesome anticipation on a deep out to for a first down.Low-Caliber Throws/Plays:Early in the second, he mi sed running acro s the field at the intermediate level.Then on the next throw, he mi sed Adams wide open on a short route over the middle.In the third, while facing a free rusher, O'Connell threw low on a tight end leaking off the line.Summary:Unique, low-volume game from O'Connell in the huge win in Arrowhead. He was mostly ineffective as a thrower throughout, but the play-calling took the ball out of his hands. Grade: D+Season Grade: C+ NYG QB #15 CMP%63.6YDs1087TD8INT3YD/Att6.18 High-Caliber Throws/Plays:In the first, DeVito fit a pa s into the arms of Darren Waller that was bobbled and dropped. Low-Caliber Throws/Plays:DeVito mi sed an open Waller while scrambling right on a short throw.Summary: Not much from DeVito or the pa s game early against the . He stayed away from the big mistake and wasn't taking a bunch of hits. There weren't wow throws or plays however. Grade: D+Season Grade: Patrick Beverley Jersey C-